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Betas, RCs, and other upcoming reviews

Posted on April 23, 2009April 30, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Betas, RCs, and other upcoming reviews

Ok, with all the security blogging I’ve done this week, I figure its time to do a post about something a little different. There is a bunch of Beta software out there, and more coming soon. Currently Windows 7, Exchange 2010, Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu 9.04 are all out in beta form. Exchange, unfortunately, I…

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Beta Testing practices

Posted on March 25, 2009January 30, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Beta Testing practices

So here is a question for everyone, When you beta test software such as IE8 or Firefox 3.5, do you have a special machine to load them on, how long to you test them for, and what do you feel the best practices are? I have been remiss in doing a lot of beta testing…

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